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Martha Kelly

American stand-up comedian (born 1968)

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name	Martha Kelly
image	Martha Kelly by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Kelly in 2025
birth_place	Torrance, California U.S.Martha Kelly’s own statement while performing at Comedy Club on State, 202 State
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yearsactive	1994–present

St Madison, WI on 3/31/18 Martha Kelly (born February 24, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actress from Los Angeles, California, best known for co-starring in the FX comedy series Baskets. In 2022, Kelly was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as the drug lord Laurie on Euphoria.

Career

Stand-up comedy

She has been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central's The Half Hour and Premium Blend, NBC's Last Comic Standing, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

At age 25, Kelly experimented with stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory in her native Los Angeles. Her material and confidence slowly developed over a five-year period.

Kelly first surfaced on comedy stages in Austin, Texas, with HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival auditions in the fall of 1999, followed by winning Capital City Comedy Club's annual "Funniest Person in Austin" contest in April 2000.

Acting

After many years of performing stand-up, Kelly made her acting debut in January 2016 after long-time friend Zach Galifianakis asked her to co-star in his FX comedy series Baskets. She co-stars as Martha, an insurance adjuster and friend of Chip Baskets (played by Galifianakis).

In 2022, Kelly was nominated for an Emmy for her guest role as a drug dealer in the HBO series Euphoria. She is currently the voice of Agent Harrington on the Adult Swim animated series Common Side Effects

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro	Self
2017	Infinity Baby	Ava
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Tour Guide
2019	Corporate Animals	Gloria
2019	Marriage Story	Nancy Katz
2023	Sitting in Bars with Cake	Ruth
2025	Poetic License	rowspan="2"	Post-production
2026	Coyote vs. Acme	Filmed in 2022, initially shelved in 2023, but is waiting release in 2026

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016–2019	Baskets	Martha Brooks	40 episodes
2017, 2020	American Gods	Zorya Utrennyaya	2 episodes
2018	Will & Grace	Patty	Episode: "Grace's Secret"
2020	Corporate	Tandry	Episode: "Fuck You Money'
2020	Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun	Stylist	Episode: "Dinner Party"
2021–2025	The Great North	Bethany (voice)	24 episodes
2022–present	Euphoria	Laurie	Recurring role (season 2); main role (season 3)
2022	American Auto	Barb	Episode: "Employee Morale"
2022	Grace and Frankie	Patty	2 episodes
2022	Hacks	Barbara
2022	I Love That for You	Pam	Episode: "Daddy's Lil' Cookies"
2022	Gaslit	Rose Mary Woods	5 episodes
2023	What We Do in the Shadows	Martha	Episode: "The Campaign"
2023	Carol & the End of the World	Carol Kohl (voice)	Main role
2025–present	Common Side Effects	Agent Harrington (voice)
2025	Fallout	Representative Welch	2 episodes

References

Wolfson, Todd. (26 May 2000). "Plain Funny: Checking In With Martha Kelly, the Funniest Person in Austin 2000". [[The Austin Chronicle]].
Egner, Jeremy. (14 January 2016). "Martha Kelly in 'Baskets': Funny, if You're O.K. With That". [[New York Times]].
Hipes, Patrick. (29 July 2016). "Geoff Stults Jumps Into 'Granite Mountain'; Martha Kelly Joins 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'".
(21 January 2016). "Meet The Breakout Star Of Zach Galifianakis's New FX Comedy "Baskets"".
Sims, David. (21 January 2016). "''Baskets'': Zach Galifianakis Is America's Sad Clown". [[The Atlantic]].
Moreau, Jordan. (2022-07-12). "Emmys 2022: The Complete Nominations List".
Kurpanek, Carsten. (February 11, 2024). "Some great BTS stuff here! Love the shot of @lanacondor with a real Wile E. impact-crater. @MarthaKelly3 and @toneBell are hilarious! I have stories about every frame and if the movie gets released, I'll hopefully get to tell them. #ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme".

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